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Want to meet new friends? Make a difference in your community? Learn new skills? View some stunning native gardens? Then come on out to the Treasure Island Demonstration Garden in Windsor. Started in 2008, the...

Decorating superhero Kathryn M. Ireland brings a flair for fabrics, a craving for comfort and a dash of bohemian spirit to her projects. But her ultimate goal is keeping the peace in every client’s home....

It’s easy to be intimidated by flowers—the fragility, the impermanence, the expense! Fear not: Floral designer Cristina Lozito is here to share her secrets for creating exquisitely organic arrangements. Cristina Lozito is known for her...

Searching for a new home can be exhausting and overwhelming. Inundated with websites like Zillow and Realtor.com, and ads in your local paper, narrowing down your prospects and actually getting into properties can seem impossible....

When a picture needs to be hung, or a drawer-pull tightened, or a light-switch cover replaced, any homeowner willing to demonstrate even modest do-it-yourself skills shouldn’t be without a basic tool kit. Along with a...

More than ever, outdoor living spaces are becoming the summer gathering places of our homes. While the Colorado sunshine is a welcome sight, the downfall of living at a higher elevation is closer proximity to...

Greeley’s Water Conservation toilet rebates have returned by popular demand. “The program is popular because people want money, and have to replace their toilets anyways,” Ruth Quade, water conservation manager at the City of Greeley....

Just about everybody buys gasoline. Some people do one better. They buy the whole gas station. Just ask commercial real estate agents Mo Choudhry, Peter Peluso and Will Matthews. They have a pair of million-dollar...

Tile can add lasting beauty to a home in a way that almost no other design element can. But because tile is so lasting, homeowners need to understand its basics well enough to talk intelligently with designers...

Picture a roomful of friends, eyes closed, faces smiling, a chorus of “umms” in the air. Meditation class? Spiritual retreat? Orgy? Actually, it’s a chocolate tasting, and it may be your ticket to earning the...

Over 20 years ago, Lyn and Bruce Carlisle didn’t make the choice to install xeriscape based on aesthetics. Dollar-driven, when the first month’s watering bill for their three-quarter acre lawn came in at $1,500, they...